Adherent :: Adherent (a.) Attached as an attribute or circumstance.
Adherent :: Adherent (a.) Congenitally united with an organ of another kind, as calyx with ovary, or stamens with petals..
Adherent :: Adherent (n.) One who adheres; one who adheres; one who follows a leader, party, or profession; a follower, or partisan; a believer in a particular faith or church..
Adherent :: Adherent (n.) That which adheres; an appendage.
Afferent :: Afferent (a.) Bearing or conducting inwards to a part or organ; -- opposed to efferent; as, afferent vessels; afferent nerves, which convey sensations from the external organs to the brain..
Antirenter :: Antirenter (n.) One opposed to the payment of rent; esp. one of those who in 1840-47 resisted the collection of rents claimed by the patroons from the settlers on certain manorial lands in the State of New York.
Apparent :: Apparent (a.) Capable of being seen, or easily seen; open to view; visible to the eye; within sight or view..
Apparent :: Apparent (a.) Clear or manifest to the understanding; plain; evident; obvious; known; palpable; indubitable.
Apparent :: Apparent (a.) Appearing to the eye or mind (distinguished from, but not necessarily opposed to, true or real); seeming; as the apparent motion or diameter of the sun..
Apparently :: Apparently (adv.) Seemingly; in appearance; as, a man may be apparently friendly, yet malicious in heart..
Apparentness :: Apparentness (n.) Plainness to the eye or the mind; visibleness; obviousness.
Apprentice :: Apprentice (n.) One who is bound by indentures or by legal agreement to serve a mechanic, or other person, for a certain time, with a view to learn the art, or trade, in which his master is bound to instruct him..
Apprentice :: Apprentice (n.) One not well versed in a subject; a tyro.
Apprentice :: Apprentice (n.) A barrister, considered a learner of law till of sixteen years' standing, when he might be called to the rank of serjeant..
Apprentice :: Apprentice (v. t.) To bind to, or put under the care of, a master, for the purpose of instruction in a trade or business..
Apprenticeship :: Apprenticeship (n.) The service or condition of an apprentice; the state in which a person is gaining instruction in a trade or art, under legal agreement..
Apprenticeship :: Apprenticeship (n.) The time an apprentice is serving (sometimes seven years, as from the age of fourteen to twenty-one)..